wall hanging Daisy
Object number
KM033.1
Artist/Designer/Maker
William Morris - Designer
Jane Morris - embroideress
William Morris - embroiderer
Jane Morris - embroideress
William Morris - embroiderer
Production date
circa 1860
Production place
England
Material
wool thread
serge
serge
Technique
couched and laid stitching
embroidered
embroidered
Dimensions
height: 170cm
width: 136cm
width: 136cm
Location
Kelmscott Manor - (on display)
References
Reference (controlled)
The Artist's Residence as a Total Work of Art, Europe and America 1800-1946 (2013). [Exhibition]. Museum Villa Stuck, Munich. 21 November 2013 - 2 March 2014.
Reference (controlled)
Love is Enough (2014). [Exhibition]. Modern Art Oxford. 29 November 2014 – 28 February 2015.
Reference (controlled)
The Arts & Crafts House: Then and Now (2015). [Exhibition]. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. 10 October 2015 – 31 January 2016.
Wall hanging 'Daisy', designed by William Morris c. 1860. The design was based on a motif visible in an illumination in a 15th century manuscript by Froissart, 'The Dance of the Wodehouses'. One of a set of hangings designed for the master bedroom at Red House. Coloured wools on dark blue woollen serge ground.